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Boosie Badazz has a charged debate with Jason Lee on his show, as the rapper talks about his views on the LGBTQ community.
American Rapper, Boosie Badazz has never shied away from voicing his controversial opinions on the LGBTQ+ community, especially after his daughter, Poison Ivi, came out as a lesbian. In a 15-minute video she posted on her Instagram, she expresses the disappointment she felt after her father's critical words on Yung Miami’s “Caresha, Please” podcast.
In the video she says, "If the world really knew all the things and the hurtful things you told me before and I forgave, you wouldn’t even understand. And no matter how you feel? At the end of the day, n*gga I’m yo blood. I am your daughter. And me, I feel like I done been through the most with you. And every time, I turn around, it’s like you bashin’ me. And it’s like, the whole world can go against you, but as a woman, since I been a lil girl, I never would go against you. And I think, I’m really fed up.
Boosie Badazz's opinions on gender expression in the industry
Now again, the rapper is in the limelight for his comments on The Jason Lee Show. Jason and Boosie had clashing perspectives on LGBTQ+ culture and gender expression in the industry. During the interview, the hip-hop collective Concentration Camp's member told Lee,
I don’t like people capitalizing on gay culture when they’re not even gay. So many people chase it for fame, money, and success because they know what’s trending. So they do the gay stuff. They paint their nails, they do all this gay stuff.
Jason, who is openly gay, came to his defense, especially when the topic of applying nail polish came up. To this, Boosie Badazz clearly said,
Why are you doing it? Did you do it when you were kids? Why now? Because it’s a movement.
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The crux of the conversation was around "gaybaiting" and using queer aesthetics either promote themselves or a particular agenda. Lee's defense was surrounded by rigidity in gender, which is why Boosie Badazz challenged the new definitions of masculinity and defended authenticity to one nature growing up. There were a lot of other themes at play during this debate, including a person's upbringing and traditional viewpoints causing a cultural divide.
While their debate didn't quite solve anything, it did raise the question of expressing one's sexuality and being authentic, especially in a hypermasculine environment such as the Hip Hop industry,
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